1st - 5th October 2007, University of Manchester

This meeting will focus on the current state of knowledge, as
revealed by observations and theory, of the key science themes
to be addressed by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA
will have of the order of a million square metres of collecting
area and will achieve a spatial resolution better than 0.1
arcsecond at 1.4 GHz. With such a telescope, some of the major
questions of our time can be addressed. What are dark energy
and dark matter? What is the origin of the observed structure
in the Universe? How did planets like the Earth form?

The location and timing of the meeting are deliberate;
October 4th 2007 will be the 50th anniversary of the launch of
Sputnik I and the radar detection of the Sputnik launch
rocket by the 76-m (250-ft) Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank
Observatory. This meeting will therefore celebrate 50 years
of the Space Age and the Lovell telescope with a review of the
modern state of radio astronomy and the new horizons that
the SKA will open.

Release of Proccedings

The mjority of written contributions for 'From Planets to Dark Energy: The Modern Radio
Universe' are now available. These proceedings are published by PoS, and are available on
their website, and will
be made available on ADS in due course.